Bioactive Pentacyclic Triterpenoids from the Leaves of Cleistocalyx operculatus

J Nat Prod. 2016 Nov 23;79(11):2912-2923. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b00715. Epub 2016 Oct 31.

Abstract

Thirteen new pentacyclic triterpenoids, cleistocalyxic acids A-K (1, 2, 4, 5, and 7-13) and cleistocalyxolides A (3) and B (6), and 15 known analogues (14-28), based on taraxastane, oleanane, ursane, multiflorane, and lupane skeletons, were isolated from the leaves of Cleistocalyx operculatus. The structures of 1-13 were elucidated by analysis of their spectroscopic data and ECD/TDDFT computations. Cleistocalyxolide A (3), presumed to be derived from the known taraxastane-type compound 14, has a rare rearranged triterpenoid backbone. Cleistocalyxic acid B (2) displayed cytotoxicity against HepG2, NCI-N87, and MCF-7 cancer cell lines with IC50 values ranging from 3.2 to 6.5 μM, and cleistocalyxic acid D (5) was active against HepG2 and NCI-N87 cells with values around 5.0 μM. The noncytotoxic cleistocalyxic acid E (7) inhibited production of IL-6 by 68.1% and TNF-α by 53.7% in LPS-induced RAW 264.7 macrophages at a concentration of 2 μM.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / chemistry
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / isolation & purification*
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / pharmacology*
  • Hep G2 Cells
  • Humans
  • Interleukin-6 / metabolism
  • MCF-7 Cells
  • Macrophages / drug effects
  • Mice
  • Molecular Structure
  • Myrtaceae / chemistry*
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Oleanolic Acid / analogs & derivatives
  • Pentacyclic Triterpenes / chemistry
  • Pentacyclic Triterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Pentacyclic Triterpenes / pharmacology*
  • Plant Leaves / chemistry
  • Triterpenes
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / drug effects

Substances

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Interleukin-6
  • Pentacyclic Triterpenes
  • Triterpenes
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • oleanane
  • lupane
  • Oleanolic Acid